Mensa Membership and Taekwondo! The Tale of the Elvis-Impersonator and the Ricin Gets Better

The saga of casually dressed Elvis impersonator Kevin Curtis, who was previously accused of mailing ricin to the president, continues (and how could it not?): following Tuesday’s release from jail and subsequent dropping of charges against Curtis, police have turned their attentions to a second gentleman, one J. Everett Dutschke. Gesundheit!

NBC News reports: “Dutschke’s name had come up earlier this week when Curtis’ defense attorney Christi McCoy suggested prosecutors look into him. . . The two men have a history of menacing communications.” Dutschke elaborated on this history to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal earlier this week: “Last time we had any contact with each other was at some point in 2010 when I threatened to sue him for fraud for posting a Mensa certificate that is a lie. He is not a Mensa member. That certificate is a lie.” According to the Daily Journal, “Dutschke started a campaign to prove him a liar, Curtis said, and allegedly harassed him through emails and social networking.” Note that the “last time” they had any contact was 2010; thefirst timethey had any contact was in 2007, when “Dutschke [was] working in a Tupelo insurance office” managed by Curtis’s brother, who also moonlights as an Elvis impersonator, according to The New York Times.

The latest on Mensa-membership-watchdog J. Everett Dutschke: the F.B.I. searched his martial arts studio, which is named Taekwondo Plus. (What, did you think Mississippi’s J. Everett Dutschke would not own a martial arts studio named Taekwondo Plus?) As of yesterday, when said search concluded, J. Everett Dutschke was (Taekwondo) minus an arrest warrant. Mensa, are you listening?